Bees

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding has been allocated to the bee health programme in each of the last 10 years.

Jim Knight: The Department's expenditure with the National Bee Unit in each of the last 10 years is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  £ 
			  Defra expenditure with the National Bee Unit 
		
		
			 1996–97 1 ,300,000 
			 1997–98 1,300,000 
			 1998–99 1,300,000 
			 1999–2000 1,300,000 
			 2000–01 1,300,000 
			 2001–02 1,300,000 
			 2002–03 1,300,000 
			 2003–04 1,235,000 
			 2004–05 1,235,000 
			 2005–06 1,235,000

Flood Defences

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what improvements have been made to flood defences in each borough along the River Thames in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Elliot Morley: I understand from the Environment Agency that they have undertaken the improvements detailed in the following table. Expenditure on the River Thames is expected to increase significantly during the next five years as many tidal walls and embankments reach the end of their design life and the recommendations from improvement strategies are implemented.
	
		
			   £000 
			 London borough Location 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 
		
		
			 Greenwich Thames Barrier and Associated Gates(1) 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 
			 Various Tidal Side Channels and Tributaries(2) 0 2,588 0 1,621 309 
			 Bexley Thamesmead(3) — 16 — — — 
			 Hammersmith Hammersmith(4) 109 — — — — 
			 Tower Hamlets Tower of London(5) 671 — — — — 
			 Tower Hamlets Isle of Dogs: Blackwall Stairs(5) — 125 — — — 
			 Tower Hamlets Isle of Dogs: Lockes Wharf(5) 160 — — — — 
			 Newham Royal Docks: Orchard Wharf(5) — — 325 — — 
			 Chiswick Strand on The Green Frontage(5) — — — — 700 
			   5,940 7,729 5,325 6,621 6,009 
		
	
	(1) Annual £5 million for renewals and maintenance. Although the Thames barrier and associated gates are located in the London borough of Greenwich, the benefits accrue across all of the boroughs along the tidal Thames.
	(2) Renewals and maintenance. The breakdown includes all improvements on the River Thames and excludes works on side channels and tributaries.
	(3) New tidal flap gate.
	(4) Moveable tidal defences installation.
	(5) Tidal wall-embankment repairs.

Floodline

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many visits to the Floodline website there were in each of the last 36 months; and if she will make a statement.

Elliot Morley: "Floodline" is an Environment Agency telephone service. The number of times the Flood Warning pages on the Agency's website were accessed are given in the following table. It should be noted that an individual might access more than one page at each visit to the website. Each such page access has been counted separately rather than the "visits" as such.
	
		
			  Number 
		
		
			 2002  
			 November 288,541 
			 December 281,478 
			   
			 2003  
			 January 453,796 
			 February 77,221 
			 March 78,937 
			 April 63,514 
			 May 54,564 
			 June 52,500 
			 July 54,033 
			 August 37,964 
			 September 45,152 
			 October 78,291 
			 November 110,169 
			 December 91,947 
			   
			 2004  
			 January 186,362 
			 February 520,410 
			 March 98,332 
			 April 154,206 
			 May 81,871 
			 June 69,448 
			 July 79,494 
			 August 386,188 
			 September 121,902 
			 October 2,446,509 
			 November 238,813 
			 December 144,280 
			   
			 2005  
			 January 752,578 
			 February 230,328 
			 March 189,832 
			 April 202,371 
			 May 170,801 
			 June 193,276 
			 July 144,772 
			 August 146,962 
			 September 193,619 
			 October 682,603

Ministerial Travel

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on how many occasions since 7 July she has used the London underground in connection with her official duties.

Jim Knight: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, has not had an opportunity to use the London underground in connection with her official duties since 7 July 2005.

MRSA

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with colleagues in the Department for Health on MRSA, with particular reference to the emergence of similar strains in humans and animals.

Ben Bradshaw: Meticillin-resistant "Staphylococcus aureus" (MRSA) in animals has been specifically discussed at the Defra Antimicrobial Resistance Co-ordination (DARC) Group, which is led by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and includes the Department of Health (DH) membership. The VMD held a meeting in 2004 involving DARC group members, and external specialists in MRSA, to consider how the issue should be addressed. It was decided to turn this group into a MRSA sub group of DARC. There have been two meetings of this MRSA sub group in 2005, in January and in July and a position statement on (MRSA) in animals is available on the web at http://defraweb/animalh/diseases/zoonoses/mrsa.htm

Wild Fowl

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2005, Official Report, column 1383W, on wild fowl, what estimate she has made of the total number of mallards released on National Gamebag Census shooting estates in each of the last five years.

Jim Knight: The Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs has not made any such assessment of the total number of mallard released on National Gamebag Census shooting estates in each of the last five years, but figures provided to the Game Conservancy Trust suggest that on average 34,988 mallard are released each year on shooting estates.
	The actual figures taken from the National Game Census on a yearly basis are as follows:
	
		
			  Total number of Mallard released 
		
		
			 2000 39,614 
			 2001 36,313 
			 2002 25,521 
			 2003 33,734 
			 2004 39,761

Licensing

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate the Government have made of the number of (a) village halls, (b) sports clubs and (c) community centres which have applied for a full premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003.

James Purnell: Initial feedback from licensing authorities suggests that the vast majority of the 9000 village halls in England and Wales applied to convert their old licences into new premises licences. We do not hold the information on the number of community centres that applied for premises licences or the number of sports clubs that applied for premises licences rather than club premises certificates.

Licensing

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to her answer of 17 November 2005, Official Report, column 1403W, on licensing appeals, what guidance has been provided to magistrates courts by (a) the Magistrates' Association and (b) the Justices Clerks' Society.

James Purnell: The main guidance that has been provided to magistrates courts on the Licensing Act 2003 is through a training pack designed by the Justices' Clerks' Society and issued by the Judicial Studies Board. The procedure for magistrates' courts is one that they are familiar with as they already deal with appeals arising from local authority decisions for example, on hackney carriage licences and entertainment licences.

Olympic Games

Gwyneth Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures have been taken to ensure that unemployed people in inner London constituencies benefit from increased employment opportunities connected to construction work prior to the 2012 Olympics.

Richard Caborn: The Government are committed to ensure that the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games maximise the potential for job creation, training and business growth so that the games leave a lasting social and economic, as well as physical, legacy for London and the rest of the UK. This is reflected in the "Procurement Principles" published by the interim Olympic Delivery Authority in September which will form the basis of the draft procurement strategy to be adopted by the Olympic Delivery Authority.
	The London Development Authority is also now finalising a framework of initiatives with the London boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Waltham Forest and Greenwich designed to give local people the skills they need to access Olympic-related jobs (including those in construction). This is an important pre-condition of the Olympic and legacy planning permissions granted by the boroughs in 2004. The details of how this programme will be delivered, match funding arrangements, and how the programme will operate within the existing construction training environment will need to be finalised and agreed with the boroughs as part of the ongoing planning process.

Army Vehicles

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Warrior and (b) CVR(T) vehicles are expected to be sent to Afghanistan in 2006.

Adam Ingram: I refer the hon. Member to the written statement I made on 14 November 2005, Official Report, column 41WS).
	Once ISAF plans for expansion into the South and East of Afghanistan mature, individual Allies, including the United Kingdom, will be able to take final decisions on deployment of forces and capability.

Claims Annual Report

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the nature of the cases referred to in paragraph 10.25 of the Claims Annual Report 2004–05.

Don Touhig: The cases referred to in paragraph 10.25 of the Ministry of Defence's Claims Annual Report 2004–05 relate to compensation claims arising in Northern Ireland. The details of which are as follows:
	
		High value bloodstock claims
		
			  £ 
		
		
			 Death of five year-old mare as a result of being startled by low flying helicopter 32,000.00 
			 Death of foal 12,700.00 
			 Veterinary fees 108.70 
			 Total 44,808.70 
			   
			 Injury leading to loss in value of racehorse as a result of being startled by low flying helicopter 23,400.00 
			 Loss in training fees 1,600.00 
			 Potential loss of earnings 5,000.00 
			 Total: 30,000.00 
			   
			 Injury leading to loss in value of stallion as a result of being startled by low flying helicopter 24,507.45 
			 Total: 24,507.45 
		
	
	
		High value personal injury claims
		
			  £ 
		
		
			 Claimant thrown from a trailer attached to a moving tractor sustaining serious injury. Value of compensation paid: 184,000.00 
			 Injuries sustained when claimant's car was hit by a rising bollard as he was leaving a military base. Value of compensation paid: 100,000.00 
			 Injuries sustained by an 80 year-old lady as a result of being blown off her feet by a Chinook helicopter 30,900

Former Warsaw Pack Countries

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  if he will list those former Warsaw pact countries belonging to NATO which have made information available (a) bilaterally to the United Kingdom, (b) to NATO and (c) by means of general publication revealing former Soviet plans to use (i) nuclear and (ii) conventional weapons in Europe;
	(2)  if he take steps, in conjunction with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to obtain the material about former Soviet plans for (a) nuclear and (b) conventional warfare in Europe released by the Polish Government and publish translations in English of this material.

John Reid: Former Soviet plans for the use of nuclear and conventional weapons in Europe are of historic interest only. The Ministry of Defence have not therefore attempted to draw together information made available by former Warsaw pact countries; to do so would incur disproportionate cost.
	We are aware that the Polish Government have recently released information about former Soviet plans for the use of nuclear weapons in Europe. However, as this information is considered to be of historic interest only, the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have no plans to publish translations of this information.

Future Aircraft Carrier

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  for what reasons Ministers in his Department have ceased to identify the target in-service dates for each Future Aircraft Carrier as 2012 and 2015;
	(2)  if he will make a statement on changes in the target in-service dates for each of the Future Aircraft Carriers.

Adam Ingram: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 December 2005, Official Report, column 818W.

Royal Ordnance

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 15 November 2005, Official Report, column 1092W on Royal Ordnance, from which country each of the munitions listed are to be sourced.

Adam Ingram: BAES Land Systems remain responsible for the alternative sourcing of items previously manufactured at their Bridgwater and Chorley sites, and for maintaining overall security of supply. The company is examining a range of alternative sources for the products, both at home and overseas. The details are a matter for the company.

Antisocial Behaviour

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  if he will list the grants available to organisations tackling antisocial behaviour in East Sussex; and how much money is available in each case;
	(2)  what funding is available to organisations tackling antisocial behaviour in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex;
	(3)  how much money has been spent on antisocial behaviour prevention in East Sussex since 1997.

Hazel Blears: holding answer 1 December 2005
	Prior to the antisocial behaviour unit being set up in January 2003 there was no specific funding for antisocial behaviour. However since 2003 each CDRP has received £25,000, primarily for an ASB co-ordinator. In 2004 Hastings was made an action area. £55,000 has been allocated to Hastings for 2005–06.
	This resource has been used to help support the recruitment of housing association staff to work in the ASB team. It has also been used to fund in part the development of four together action zones which will divide the area and enable a more structured approach to tackling ASB. Some of the resource will be spent on a targeted advertising campaign informing residents about ASB and how to tackle it.

Nursery Bullying Study (Leak Inquiry)

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will hold an inquiry into the leak of the study proposing that nursery staff should identify children aged three and four who bully other children as being at risk of growing up criminals; and for what reason he will not publish the leaked study referred to on page 20 of The Times on Monday 13 June.

Hazel Blears: holding answer 15 June 2005
	The study on nursery staff and bullying children was more than a year old and could have been leaked at any time during the previous twelve months. Previous leak inquiries have identified the source of other similar leaks over that period. The Secretary of State has therefore decided that a separate leak inquiry is not required in this instance.
	I will not publish the leaked report referred to on page 20 of The Times on Monday 13 June 2005 because, in order to fully protect the ability of officials to formulate clear and well considered policy recommendations, it would not be in the public interest to do so. We do however propose to release a factual synthesis of crime patterns and reduction measures analysis in the new year which will provide a more up to date picture than is currently available.

Police

David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress his Department has made towards light touch inspection of high performing police services.

Hazel Blears: HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has conducted a comprehensive scrutiny of core policing activities, known as baseline assessment. The results were published in October, with each activity graded as excellent, good, fair or poor.
	HMIC will now use this baseline assessment to identify high performing forces—ie those with a majority of excellent or good and no poor grades—which will benefit from significant inspection freedoms. Instead of inspecting these forces across the board, HMIC will rely upon a significant degree of self-assessment and will limit its scrutiny to core governance issues—leadership, diversity and integrity—and those areas of greatest threat and vulnerability. Other forces will be subject to more inspection attention but this will be risk-based, focusing on activities attracting a poor grading and, as above, those activities that are high risk such as child protection, the management of dangerous sex offenders, civil contingencies and major crime.
	The inspection effort will also take into account the fact that forces/police authorities are engaged in a significant exercise to reconfigure policing for the 21st century. HMIC will support the process by advising on how current high levels of performance can be maintained, and by ensuring that forces go into new merged arrangements, where appropriate, with a clear "balance sheet" of their respective strengths and weaknesses. HMIs' assessments of force leadership will specifically address the chief officers' change management capabilities.

Police

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) role and (b) composition of the police authority will be in the proposed strategic police forces.

Hazel Blears: holding answer 5 December 2005
	We continue to see a vital role for police authorities in setting priorities for strategic police forces and in holding the chief officer to account for the delivery of an efficient, effective and responsive policing service. Under the provisions of the Police Act 1996, any order amalgamating police force areas would provide for the establishment of a police authority for the new force.
	As now, the authority would comprise a mix of councillors, magistrates and independent members. The White Paper "Building Communities, Beating Crime" set out proposals for strengthening the role and composition of police authorities, including by widening the skills and experience of the membership by removing the separate category of magistrate members.

Terrorist Suspects

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what average number of days terrorist suspects were held over the past two years prior to being (a) charged and (b) released without charge.

Charles Clarke: The maximum period of detention pre-charge was extended to 14 days with effect from 20 January 2004. Between that date and 4 September 2005, 357 people have been arrested of whom 36 have been held for in excess of seven days. A breakdown of these cases is in the table.
	
		
			 Period Number held for this period Charged Released without charge 
		
		
			 2004
			 7–8 days 3 1 2 
			 8–9 days 0 — — 
			 9–10 days 11 6 5 
			 10–11 days 1 0 1 
			 11–12 days 0 — — 
			 12–13 days 0 — — 
			 13–14 days 9 9 0 
			 
			 2005
			 7–8 days 1 1 0 
			 8–9 days 0 — — 
			 9–10 days 5 4 1 
			 10–11 days 1 1 0 
			 11–12 days 1 1 0 
			 12–13 days 2 1 1 
			 13–14 days 2 2 0

Car Accidents (Young People)

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to reduce car accidents involving people between the ages of 17 and 24 years; and if he will make a statement.

Stephen Ladyman: I am very concerned to reduce car accidents involving young drivers, especially those that result in deaths and serious injuries. The Department has recently consulted on a more structured approach to learning to drive and a copy of its decision letter in August 2004 is on the Department's website at—www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_rdsafety/documents/page/dft_rdsafety_028178–01.hcspP37_1339.
	The main conclusions were that:
	the way forward is to improve the education environment so that learners have access to a more consistent and better standard of training;
	the Department's Driving Standards Agency (DSA) should consider what further learning resources might be made available to learners and trainers. In particular, they will look at how modern learning techniques and information technology can be further developed and used to help learners develop safe driving skills for life; and
	the regulatory arrangements for driving instructors will also be reviewed to ensure that the public can have confidence that the driver training services they are buying are of the highest quality. DSA will consult interested parties on measures to achieve these changes.
	We decided that further statutory regulation on the way new drivers learn would be unlikely to make enough of a contribution to road safety to justify legislative action at present.
	The Department has a substantial programme of research relating to learning to drive and new drivers. It is repeating and extending a cohort study of young and new drivers, which is a large scale evaluation of they way people learn to drive, and their attitudes and behaviour, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of measures introduced as part of the Government's Road Safety Strategy. Separate studies are being commissioned on DSA's Driver Record, and the Pass Plus scheme for newly-qualified drivers.

Road/Rail Journeys (Costs)

Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the typical per passenger per mile comparative costs of passenger road and rail journeys within the United Kingdom.

Stephen Ladyman: The estimated average cost per passenger/person per mile in Great Britain in 2004–05 was 15p for bus, 18p for rail and 25p for private motoring by car and van (of which fuel costs account for 7p per mile).
	Estimates are for the average cost faced by the transport user, net of any subsidy. Estimates for bus and rail average costs are based on revenue collected by operators and passenger mileage estimates. The car and van motoring cost estimate is based on household expenditure on private motoring from the "Expenditure and Food Survey 2004–05" and household car mileage figures from the "National Travel Survey 2004". Motoring costs include expenditure on car purchase, spares, maintenance, insurance, taxation, fuel and parking, but excludes costs paid by employers. The marginal cost of travelling by car is significantly less than the average cost as car purchase, and other fixed costs, would be excluded.

Strategic Rail Authority

Adam Afriyie: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what costs were incurred by his Department in abolishing the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA); how many people are still employed at the SRA; and when the authority will be completely wound up.

Derek Twigg: The Department is aiming to complete the winding up of the Strategic Rail Authority by the end of this financial year. As such final outturn costs are not available. The current estimate of the financial costs and benefits is set out as follows.
	
		
			   All figures £ million 
			  2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 
		
		
			 DfT extra costs 21.0 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.8 34.8 
			 SRA cost savings 19.5 39 39 39 39 39 
			 SRA building savings 0 4.1 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 
			 Transition costs 11.6 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Net cost (benefit) 13.1 (8.3) (9.7) (9.7) (9.7 (9.7) 
		
	
	As at 15 November 2005 107 people were employed by the SRA.

Departmental Tendering Policy

Martin Horwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his policy is on including (a) ethical and (b) environmental factors in tenders for services.

Jim Murphy: Procurement in the Cabinet Office is conducted in accordance with Government policy applying to ethical and environmental standards within the overarching policy of value for money. The policy reflects the principles of Community law. Requirements for both services and goods specify relevant environmental factors where appropriate.

Terrorism

Peter Bone: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the work of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in relation to terrorism.

Jim Murphy: The Civil Contingencies Secretariat co-ordinates work to improve the United Kingdom's ability to respond to and recover from emergencies, including emergencies which arise from terrorism. It plays an important role in delivering the 'Prepare' strand of the Government's counter terrorism strategy.

Birth Statistics

David Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of women born in the early 1960s who have never given birth to a child; and if he will make a statement.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 6 December 2005
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your request for an estimate of the number of women born in the early 1960s who have never given birth to a child. (34211)
	Summaries of the estimated proportion of women that are childless in England and Wales are regularly published in the annual reference volume, Birth statistics FM1, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.
	The table below shows the proportions and the numbers of women who are childless, for those born in each of the years 1960 to 1965, The proportions are estimated for England and Wales only. These are based on births that occurred up to the end of 2003, the latest year for which data are available. The numbers have been estimated by applying these England and Wales proportions to the United Kingdom population.
	
		Estimated percentage and number of women who have notgiven birth to a child, by year of birth of the woman,United Kingdom, 2003
		
			 Year of birth of woman(7) Percentage of all women in cohort(8)(9) Number of women (000) 
		
		
			 1960 19 80 
			 1961 20 87 
			 1962 20 91 
			 1963 20 96 
			 1964 22 106 
			 1965 22 105 
			 All years 1960 to 1965 — 565 
		
	
	(7) The years of birth shown are, by necessity, approximate since births before 1963 are available only by calendar year of occurrence and age of mother at childbirth For instance, women giving birth in 2003 at age 42 could have been born in either 1960 or 1961; for convenience, however, they are recorded as belonging to the 1961 cohort.
	(8) Percentages for England and Wales.
	(9) Cohorts born in the early 1960s have yet to reach the end of their childbearing years (taken as age 45), although the proportions of women giving birth for the first time at ages 40 and over are low. For example, in 2003, 18 per cent. of the 1958 cohort were childless at age 45, the same as at age 40.

Fire and Rescue Services

Justine Greening: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total cost was of fire and rescue services based in London in each year since 1997, broken down by London borough; how much of that expenditure was accounted for by manpower costs in each case; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The information requested for London is tabled as follows. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not collect or hold this information broken down by London borough.
	
		
			   £000 
			  Total expenditure on fire services by London fire and civil defence authority/Greater London authority 1997–98 to 2003–04  Cost of fire service employees 
		
		
			 1997–98 290,323 257,558 
			 1998–99 303,660 267,725 
			 1999–2000 308,179 273,865 
			 2000–01 318,516 281,350 
			 2001–02 339,680 292,611 
			 2002–03 364,517 314,814 
			 2003–04 349,940 295,998 
		
	
	Source:
	ODPM Revenue Outturn (RO) data

Consultants

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department takes to ensure that consultancies do not claim excessive expenses while working for the Department and its agencies.

Alan Johnson: The Department fully supports the joint Management Consultancies Association (MCA), Institute of Management Consultancy (IMC) and Office of Government Commerce (OGC) statement of best practice document "Delivering world-class consultancy services to the public sector". This document emphasises the working relationships that the public sector client and consultant will seek to achieve in the development and execution of a consultancy contract.
	The Department's standard Invitation to Tender (ITT) document requires potential consultants to provide documentary evidence of their proposed expenses, with which the Department must be satisfied prior to entering into contract. The Department's contract documentation stipulates that only travelling and other expenses that are properly and necessarily incurred in providing the services will be reimbursed.
	I have asked the Department's Executive Agencies to respond directly to the hon. Member.
	Letter from Desmond Flynn, dated 6 December 2005
	The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply to you directly on behalf of The Insolvency Service in respect of your question (1813/2005) asking what steps the Department takes to ensure that consultancies do not claim excessive expenses whilst working for the Department and its agencies.
	The Insolvency Service only allows for 'reasonable' expenses. Expenses submitted by consultants should generally be in line with amounts that we would pay our own staff in terms of travel and subsistence.
	Letter from Claire Clancy, dated 6 December 2005
	I am responding to your recently tabled Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on behalf of Companies House, which is an Executive Agency of the DTI.
	When placing any contracts Companies House would include within the overall contract value details of allowable expenses. These would therefore be subject to the same value for money evaluation that is applied to the agreed daily rates.
	Letter from Dr. Jeff Llewellyn, dated 6 December 2005
	The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML) to your question regarding what steps the Department takes to ensure that consultancies do not claim excessive expenses whilst working for the Department and its Agencies.
	NWML agrees fee rates, including expense rates, with consultants prior to commissioning work. All claims for payment, including expense claims, are checked for accuracy and reasonableness prior to payment.
	Letter from Jeanne Spinks, dated 6 December 2005
	House of Commons Parliamentary Question 2005/1813
	You asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Department takes to ensure that consultancies do not claim excessive expenses whilst working for the Department and its agencies.
	The Employment Tribunals Service policy is that wherever possible consultancy services are provided through the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) approved "Catalist" arrangements. All the Service Providers under these arrangements are committed to a standard travel and subsistence policy, based on either OGC buying solutions rates for its public servants, or the individual customers rates.
	Letter from Ron Marchant, dated 6 December 2005
	House of Commons Parliamentary Question: 2005/1813
	I am responding to this parliamentary question, tabled on 14 November 2005, regarding What steps the Department of Trade and Industry takes to ensure that consultancies do not claim excessive expenses whilst working for the Department and its agencies.
	All contracts issued to consultancies by the Patent Office have a clause in them specifying that reasonable or civil service level expenses only may be claimed. Any invoices submitted are checked by the contract manager and any claims considered to be excessive are disallowed.

Flexible Working Hours

Lynda Waltho: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 
	(1)  what assessment he has made of the willingness of employers to offer family-friendly working hours to male employees;
	(2)  what recent estimate he has made of the number of male employees requesting family-friendly flexible working hours.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The "Second Work-Life Balance Study: Results from the Employers' Survey Main Report Working Employee Survey" (published October 2003) shows that 86 per cent. of employers, with five or more employees, had some type of flexible working provision available to their staff. Employers were not asked whether these provisions were made available to both male and female staff.
	The "Second Flexible Working Employee Survey" (published April 2005) shows that over the past two years 10 per cent. of male employees have asked to work flexibly. 62 per cent. of these requests were fully accepted by employers, compared with 72 per cent. of requests from female employees. 43 per cent. of women, compared to 22 per cent. of men, cited childcare needs as the reason for requesting flexible working.

Independent Schools

Adam Afriyie: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the recent Office of Fair Trading report on independent schools.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Office of Fair Trading is the United Kingdom's independent competition regulator. It has a duty to investigate and address anti-competitive conduct and enforce competition law. It has investigated the exchange of information between independent schools about the fees they charge. Its provisional findings are that fifty schools have breached chapter one of the Competition Act which prohibits anti-competitive agreements. This is a matter for the Office if Fair Trading. The Government have no substantive role in individual cases.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he will take to ensure that manufacturers of electrical goods and equipment will be allocated waste electrical and electronic equipment directive responsibilities on a fair and equitable basis.

Malcolm Wicks: The Department will be making an announcement shortly on the plans for the UK implementation of the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive.

Work and Families Bill

Mark Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations his Department received from small business organisations concerning the effects of the Work and Families Bill.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 5 December 2005
	We received over 200 formal responses to the "Work and families: choice and flexibility" consultation, which preceded the Work and Families Bill. Around a third of these were from individual employers and 18 of these were from small employers. In addition 26 employer groups, many of which represent small employers, responded. These include the Federation of Small Business, the Forum of Private Business and the Small Business Council.
	A summary of the responses is available in Annex A of the Government Response to the consultation, a copy of which is available in the Libraries of the House. The individual responses are available on the Work and Families page of the DTI website.
	Over 20 meetings were held during the consultation period with small business and their representatives, including a focus group.

Alcohol Education

Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether there are plans to increase alcohol education in schools; and if she will make a statement.

Jacqui Smith: The statutory National Curriculum Science Order requires that all pupils should learn about the effects of alcohol and other drugs. In addition, schools are expected to use the non-statutory frameworks for Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) and Citizenship at key stages 1 and 2, PSHE at key stages 3 and 4 and the Citizenship programme of study at key stages 3 and 4 as the context for developing drug and alcohol education further. It is for schools to decide how much curriculum time is necessary to meet these requirements.
	We are supporting schools to deliver better alcohol education. In 2004, we issued all schools with new guidance on all aspects of drug education, including alcohol. We have invested in the development of the PSHE certificate for teachers which supports standards in the teaching of PSHE, including alcohol education. We have made up to 2,000 places available in both 2004–05 and 2005–06.
	Together with the Home Office and Department of Health, we are supporting a national five year research programme called "Blueprint" to test the effectiveness of drug education initiatives in schools. It will make a significant contribution to developing a UK evidence base for drug, alcohol and tobacco education.

Bullying

Si�n James: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance her Department issues to schools to encourage children to report acts of bullying.

Jacqui Smith: We attach a high priority to encouraging pupils to report bullying, and to supporting schools to encourage their pupils to do so.
	A key message of our guidance pack for schools, Bullying: Don't Suffer in Silence, is that children should report bullying to someone they trust. The pack also provides information on monitoring bullying through the use of school surveys drawn up with the help of pupils.
	We have created anti-bullying postcards and posters in a variety of community languages to help pupils, especially newly arrived pupils, to report acts of bullying. These have been made available to schools through conferences and can be downloaded from the DfES website.
	The anti-bullying Charter for Action, which was re-issued to each school in November 2005, includes suggestions for safe and effective reporting of bullying.
	Information is made available directly to children through our public information films. 'Tell Someone' encourages children who are being bullied to tell someone, and not suffer in silence. The film 'I Am' uses celebrities to show young people that they are not alone if they are being bullied, and should tell someone. We have encouraged schools to use these films.

Education Act

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the operation of sections (a) 7, (b) 8 and (c) 9 of the Education Act 1996.

Jacqui Smith: This Government are committed to improving levels of attendance at school. Figures published in September for 2004/05 show that the level of absences from school have fallen for the fourth consecutive years to a record low level. The equivalent of 12,500 more pupils are in school each day on average in 2004/05 than in 2003/04. There are 50,000 more pupils in school each day on average than would be the case if absence rates were still at 1996/97 levels.
	This Government believe that, for most children, school is the right place in which to receive education. However, we respect parents' fundamental right, under section 7 of the Education Act 1996, to educate their children at home if they so wish. Where that happens, the parents must take responsibility for ensuring that the education provided is suitable and, for children of compulsory school age, is full-time. We have no plans to change this right.
	We have no current plans to amend section 8 of the 1996 Education Act which sets out when a person is of compulsory school age.
	Section 9 sets out the general principle that pupils are to be educated in accordance with their parents' wishes. The courts have ruled that, while local authorities must have regard to the general principle that pupils are to be educated in accordance with the wishes of their parents . . . . . . ., that this is subject to other considerations, and that there are many things to which the education authority may have regard and which may outweigh the wishes of (particular) parents'.
	How this operates in relation to school admissions is that section 86 of the school Standards and Framework Act 1998 gives parents a right to express a preference for the school they want their child to attend, and to give their reasons for that preference. If a school is oversubscribed, then the school's published admission arrangements (or 'oversubscription criteria') are applied to determine which applicants should be offered the available places. Those who are unsuccessful have a statutory right of appeal to an independent appeal panel.

Education Funding

Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the per pupil funding was in 200405 in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) England.

Jacqui Smith: Total funding per pupil aged three-19 years (cash terms) for 200405 was 3,670 for East Riding of Yorkshire, and 4,030 for England.
	Between 199798 and 200405, funding per pupil in East Riding increased by 34.3 percent. in real terms, compared with the England average of 34.4 percent. over the same period.
	Notes:
	Price baseCash and real terms at 200405 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 28 September 2005.
	Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education formula spending settlements. The cash figures include the pensions transfers to EPS and the Learning and Skills Council from 200304. The real terms series, and the increase quoted, exclude this transfer so that all years are comparable.
	Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged three-19 years and exclude education maintenance allowances (EMAs) and education grants not allocated at an authority level.
	The pupil numbers used to convert  million figures to per pupil are those underlying the SSA/EFS settlement calculations plus PLASC three year-old maintained pupils and estimated 34 year-olds funded through state support in maintained and other educational institutions where these are not included in the SSA pupil numbers.
	RoundingFigures are rounded to the nearest 10.
	Status200405 figures are provisional as some grants have not yet been finalised/audited.

Education Funding

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 389W, on education funding, if she will make a statement on the benefits to private sector sponsors of contributing to academy start up costs; and when she expects those benefits to accrue.

Jacqui Smith: Sponsoring an academy is an act of philanthropic giving. Sponsors contribute up to 10 per cent. of the capital costs of a new academy (to a maximum of 2 million), but their contribution is not just financial. More importantly they bring an experience of success, a personal commitment, energy, drive and ambition, as well as a whole new set of skills and experience. The 2005 PricewaterhouseCoopers evaluation found strong confidence in the role of sponsors, with 78 per cent. of staff surveyed in academies agreeing that the sponsor brings expertise that would not otherwise be available to the academy, and 82 per cent. of staff agreeing that the sponsor's resources had a positive impact on pupils' learning.
	The benefit that sponsors derive from their involvement in the programme is entirely personal and generally motivated by a desire to give something back to the community or from a sense of corporate responsibility.

Learning and Skills Council

Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been allocated to 14 to 19 skills and quality reform by the Learning and Skills Council in (a) 200506, (b) 200607 and (c) 200708.

Bill Rammell: The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) through an annual Grant Letter that sets out the Government's key priorities for the LSC.
	The following table sets out the information requested, as allocated to the LSC for 200607 and 200708 as part of the 200607 Grant Letter issued on 31 October 2005. Allocations for 200506 were included in the LSC document Priorities for Success October 2005.
	
		
			000 
			  Latest allocations Planned expenditure 
			  200506 200607 200708 
		
		
			 1419 Reform 128.248 98,250 101,950 
			 Adult Skills Reform 166,825 202,977 214,276 
			 Quality Reform 152,476 128,565 124,399 
			 1419, Skills and Quality Reform Total 447,549 429,792 440,625

Learning and Skills Council

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to her most recent grant letter to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in which funding blocks A to E replace the previous five funding blocks set out in the grant letter; and if she will break down the LSC budgets proposed in November 2004 by the same categories used for this year's budget.

Bill Rammell: The information requested on the LSC budgets proposed in the November 2004 grant letter, by the categories used in the 200607 grant letter which was issued on 30 October 2005 are as follows:
	
		
			15 November 2004 grant letter 
			  million 
			  200506 200607 200708 
		
		
			 Learning participation 6,696.4 6,840.5 7,123.8 
			 School sixth forms 1,784.4 1,828.9 1,906.4 
			 Local intervention and development 195.5 195.5 195.5 
			 Capital 399.8 474.8 595.8 
			 Administration 245.9 248.2 235.4 
			 Total 9,322.0 9,587.9 10,056.9 
		
	
	
		Presented in 30 October 2005 grant letter format
		
			  million 
			  200506 200607 200708 
		
		
			 A. Participation 8,062.5 8,257.0 8,616.5 
			 B. Learner support and development 613.8 607.9 609.1 
			 C. LSC capital 399.8 474.8 595.8 
			 D. Administration 245.9 248.2 235.4 
			 E. AME expenditure 0.0 0.0 0.0 
			 Total 9,322.0 9,587.9 10,056.9 
		
	
	The figures from the November 2004 grant letter have been overtaken by the inclusion of the education maintenance allowance (Block EAME Expenditure) and a range of additional resource transfers to the LSC. Revised figures as in the 200607 grant letter, issued on 30 October, are shown in the following table.
	
		
			 million 
			  200506 200607 200708 
		
		
			 A. Participation 8,267.6 8,521.5 8,884.5 
			 B. Learner support and development 817.5 704.8 728.0 
			 C. LSC capital 393.8 468.8 595.8 
			 D. Administration 254.8 252.2 239.5 
			 E. AME expenditure 403.0 511.0 529.0 
			 Total 10,136.7 10,458.3 10,976.8 
		
	
	The following table breaks down the learner support and development figures at Block B aforementioned.
	
		
			 million 
		
		
			 B. Learner support and development 200506 200607 200708 
			 Learner support funds 122 125 130 
			 Other financial support 71 75 81 
			 1419, Skills and quality reform 460 430 441 
			 Capacity and infrastructure 166 77 79 
			 Total(12) 819 707 731 
		
	
	(12) Final total do not agree with the aforementioned table because of roundings.
	The aforementioned table excludes AME expenditure (education maintenance allowance) which is a separate line (Block E) in the grant letter.

Sexual Health (Sheffield)

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many NHS establishments in Sheffield declined to participate in the Working Together to Safeguard Children Protocols pilot on sexual health.

Liam Byrne: I have been asked to reply.
	There has not been a pilot of Working Together to Safeguard Children protocols in Sheffield.

Telecommunications Masts

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether she plans to change departmental guidance to schools on objections that schools may raise in connection with telecommunications masts.

Jacqui Smith: My Department has not issued any guidance to schools in relation to objections that schools may raise in connection with telecommunications masts. We are reviewing information on our Teachernet website about the Stewart Report, the Government response to it, and the Mobile Operators' Association advice, to see if we want to update any of this.

Water Coolers

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to audit the availability of mains-linked water coolers in schools; and if she will make a statement.

Jacqui Smith: The Department does not have any plans to audit water coolers in schools. Regulation 22 of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999 requires that every maintained school shall have a wholesome supply of water for domestic purposes, including a supply of drinking water. The regulation does not specify how drinking water should be provided for pupils. However, in our guidance note Standards for School Premises (DFEE 0029/2000), we say that those responsible should consider the pattern of demand within schools, which can be concentrated within quite short breaks.

Morocco-Spain Tunnel

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funding is being provided by the EU to build a tunnel between Morocco and Spain; and if he will make a statement.

Douglas Alexander: No EU funding has been allocated to this project.

Sick Leave

David Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many of her Department's employees who are within one year of the official retirement age are on extended sick leave.

Bridget Prentice: The Department currently has one employee currently on extended sick leave who is also within one year of normal retirement age. The Department is committed to managing all sickness absence promptly and effectively, including absences of those near to normal retirement age, and to putting in place the recommendations of the recently published Managing Sickness Absence in the Public Sector to ensure that all such absence management is in line with current guidance and best practice.

HIV/AIDS

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department has taken over the last 12 months to ensure a long-term supply of affordable paediatric drugs for HIV in developing countries; what discussions he has had with the pharmaceutical industry on this; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: The UK Government, led by DFID, has done a great deal of work to increase access to medicines for people in developing countries, including for children.
	In 2004 we published the UK Government's policy and plans on increasing access to medicines, which focused on: support to developing countries to build health services; support to countries to understand and appropriately use the flexibilities contained in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement that governs intellectual property rights; new work to increase investment in research and development (R and D) for diseases affecting developing countries; and direct engagement with the pharmaceutical industry to increase access. In DFID's 2004 HIV and AIDS Treatment and Care Policy, we made a commitment to focus on the needs of children, women and the poor.
	In March of this year we published jointly with the Department of Health (DH) and Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) a 'good practice' framework, building on good practice in the pharmaceutical industry and the work of the World Health Organisation, the (WHO) and others to set out recommended actions companies could take around pricing, Research and Development investments and how they work in developing countries, to help increase access to medicines. The framework had clear recommendations around the importance of ensuring medicines, including ARVs, were available in appropriate paediatric formulations. In the context of this work, DFID has convened a series of meetings with the industry, at which this issue has been addressed.
	The UK also played a key role in the 30 August 2003 decision by the WTO TRIPS Council to allow developing countries with no pharmaceutical industry of their own to import copies of patented medicines under compulsory licence in accordance with the provisions of the decision. This historic decision will help developing countries to negotiate with drug producers, and help to maintain access to cheaper copies, including for paediatric formulations where they exist.
	The UK has also taken a lead internationally to support more research into treatments and vaccines for diseases affecting developing countries, including for children. In the UK's AIDS strategy Taking Action (2004) the UK committed to increase our support for research into: microbicides; treatments and new technologies for the poor, women and young people including children; and the social, economic and cultural impact of AIDS.
	DFID continues to support Product Development Public Private Partnerships (PDPs) for the development of HIV vaccines. DFID has also funded research on the appropriate use of existing medicines in developing country settings including, clinical trials demonstrating the efficacy of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in reducing mortality among children, and co-funding trials with the Medical Research Council (MRC) accelerating the development and evaluation of ARV treatment protocols that are simple to use, but remain safe, effective and relevant to the needs of people with HIV and AIDS, including women and children, in resource poor settings.
	More does need to be done to ensure a long-term supply of affordable paediatric drugs for the treatment of HIV and AIDS in developing countries. We will therefore continue our work with the pharmaceutical industry, to support appropriate use of TRIPS and to increase R and D investment, and work to ensure that children are able to access the drugs they need in the formulations they need.

Absenteeism

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to reduce absenteeism in his Department.

Anne McGuire: The Department has taken a range of steps in line with the recommendations in the report from the Ministerial Task Force for Health, Safety and Productivity, Managing Sickness Absence in the Public Sector, which was published in November 2004.
	These include:
	The policies for dealing with sickness absence were revised and re-launched earlier this year;
	Progress in reducing the levels of absence feature strongly in management discussions about performance;
	A new IT system was introduced which provides managers with quicker and better data about absence levels, and action being taken;
	Through use of the HSE's stress management standards, the Department is addressing the causes of stress;
	A pilot is being run to test whether being more flexible in giving time off at short notice reduces the level of sickness absence;
	We are exploring the scope for using incentives to reward good attendance.

Consultants

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list departmental projects conducted by consultants in each year since 2000; what the cost was in each case; and what the total cost of employing consultants was in each year.

Margaret Hodge: Information on departmental projects conducted by consultants in each year since 2000 and the costs in each case is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate costs.
	The total cost of employing consultants in 200001 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate costs.
	The total cost of employing consultants in each year for the remaining years is as follows.
	
		
			million 
			  Management consultancy IT consultancy 
		
		
			 200102 23.79 70.67 
			 200203 47.57 93.47 
			 200304 223.35 83.37 
			 200405 98.64 69.73

Consultants/Special Advisers

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) consultants and (b) special advisers were employed by his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of each was in each year; and if he will make a statement.

Margaret Hodge: Consultants are not employed by this Department but are engaged under contractual arrangements. We are unable to provide an answer to how many consultants were engaged by this Department in each year since 1997 without incurring disproportionate cost.
	The cost to the Department of consultants engaged in each year is given in the table. Please note DWP was formed in June 2001, therefore there is no expenditure for this Department prior to this date.
	
		
			  million 
			  200102 200203 200304 200405 
		
		
			 Description 
			 Management consultancy 23.79 47.57 223.35 98.64 
			 IT consultancy 70.67 93.47 83.37 69.73 
		
	
	Since 2003, the Government have published on an annual basis the names and overall cost of special advisers and the number in each pay band. For the most recent information I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister on Thursday 21 July 2005, Official Report, 15862WS.
	Information on the numbers of special advisers prior to 2003 was provided at regular intervals and this information will be available in the Library of the House.

Incapacity Benefit

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  how many claimants of incapacity benefit were medically examined in each year since 1997
	(2)  how many applicants for incapacity benefit (a) were medically examined as part of their claim and (b) received benefit in each year since 1997.

Anne McGuire: The total number of claimants of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance who were medically examined is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Exams 
		
		
			 September 1999 to August 2000 397,284 
			 September 2000 to August 2001 402,302 
			 September 2001 to August 2002 509,831 
			 September 2002 to August 2003 524,894 
			 September 2003 to August 2004 467,256 
			 September 2004 to August 2005 483,084 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. Figures for the number of medical examinations performed are only available for complete years from September 1999.
	2. Volumes include severe disablement allowance cases which cannot be identified separately.
	Initial awards of benefit are normally made on the basis of medical evidence from a GP rather than a medical examination. Medical examinations take place at a later date, according to the person's condition and likely duration of incapacity, to decide whether or not they remain incapable of work and whether or not benefit can continue. Income support may continue for other reasons after a person has been found to be no longer incapable of work.
	Information about how many of the people examined were receiving benefits is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Independent Living Taskforce

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Independent Living Task Force will be established; whether it will include expertise on the provision of housing for disabled people in its membership; what its terms of reference will be; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: The Prime Minister's strategy unit report Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People, a copy of which is in the Library, recommended a Task Force should be established by December 2005. We are now planning to establish a Task Force for independent living by spring 2006. This has enabled us to focus immediate activity on setting up an office for disability issues and selecting an advisory group to inform the development of a national forum for organisations of disabled people. The membership and terms of reference of the Task Force will be announced when it is established.

Jobcentre Plus

Anthony D Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost is of an (a) in-bound and (b) out-bound call to contact centres using Jobcentre Plus's Customer Management System; and what the cost of each was prior to the implementation of that system.

Margaret Hodge: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. She will write to my hon. Friend.
	Letter from Leslie Strathie, dated 6 December 2005
	The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question concerning the cost of calls to contact centres using the Customer Management System (CMS). This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
	It may be helpful if I first explain that to make a claim, the customer calls a contact centre. Contact centre staff ask the customer a series of questions to assess their potential eligibility to Jobcentre Plus benefits and then arrange to call the customer back at a mutually agreed time, to assist in completion of a claim form. This removes the need for customers to complete a lengthy claim form and instead allows the customer to provide information by telephone.
	With regard to the cost of the initial call to all Jobcentre Plus contact centres, a local BT rate 0845 number is available. Customers using mobile telephones or other landline networks are charged at their network provider's normal tariff for 0845 calls. Customers can also use warm phones in local Jobcentre Plus offices to make this call free of charge.
	The average length of the inbound call is 11 minutes. BT call prices for 0845 numbers vary dependant on the time the customer calls, and can range from 1p to 3p per minute. Based on this information the cost of the inbound call would be on average between 11p and 33p.
	In order to gather all the information for the customers claim to benefit, the outbound call is made from the contact centre to the customer. There is no cost to the customer for this call.
	Prior to implementation of CMS, customers wishing to claim social security benefits were required to either telephone a local office, or visit an office to request a claim form. It would then be necessary for them to complete the form and return it by post or take it back to an office. If there was any need for further information, forms would be sent back to customers, who would then need to re-submit them, prior to their entitlement to benefit being established. Individual customer circumstances vary, as did standards of self-completion of forms and, therefore, the cost of this process for individual customers would vary greatly. It would particularly depend on the extent to which further information was needed following initial submission of claim forms.
	I hope this is helpful.

Literacy and Numeracy

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employees in his Department requested training to improve their (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills in each year since 2002.

Anne McGuire: To date some 1,435 staff have taken screening tests offered by Union Learning RepresentativesULRs. The information available does not allow us to identify how many of those screened requested help to improve their literacy or numeracy skills in particular.
	Not all staff will approach ULRs for support. Learning needs may be identified during the course of the bi-annual review, for all staff, of their Personal Development Plan with their line manager. Figures are not available for the number of staff requesting help with their literacy or numeracy skills via this route.

Milton Keynes and Hemel Hempstead

Phyllis Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding was allocated by his Department to Milton Keynes for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last five years.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding was allocated by his Department to Hemel Hempstead constituency for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last eight years.

Anne McGuire: The information is not available to the requested level of detail. I refer the right hon. Member to the answer provided by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 1 November 2005, Official Report, column 988W.

Pensioners

Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of pensioners were eligible for (a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit and (c) pension credit on the latest date for which figures are available; and what the forecasted figures are for 2050 assuming that eligibility rules remain the same.

Stephen Timms: The latest estimates of the number and proportion of pensioners entitled to the main income-related benefits relate to financial year 200203 (before the introduction of pension credit). Estimates for housing benefit, council tax benefit and minimum income guaranteethe predecessor to pension credit can be found in the DWP report entitled Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up in 200203. Copies of the publication are available in the Library.
	Estimates of the number of people entitled to pension credit will be published on 19 December 2005 and will include the first six months of pension credit. Estimates for the full year 200405 are expected to be published in May 2006.
	The numbers entitled to income-related benefits in the future will depend on a wide range of factors including the ways Governments choose to uprate benefits. The following table shows entitlement estimates if the current uprating approaches are continued in the future.
	
		Table 1: Indicative estimates of entitlement to income related benefits in 2050
		
			  Entitled households (million) Entitled individuals (individual) Proportion of individuals over pension age entitled (percentage) 
		
		
			 Pension credit 8.8 12.3 70 
			 Housing benefit 2.0 2.4 15 
			 Council tax benefit 5.1 6.8 40 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. Entitlement estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty; they are rounded to the nearest 100,000 and the proportions of individuals over pension age are rounded to the nearest 5 per cent.
	2. Individuals entitled include a small number of partners below state pension age.
	3. The pension credit projections assume the continuation of the current uprating of the standard minimum guarantee by earnings, although the Government is not committed to this beyond 2008.
	4. Estimates of the number of households and individuals eligible for pension credit, housing benefit and council tax benefit in the future are available for Great Britain. These are based on a long term version of the Department's Policy Simulation Model, which uses Family Resources Survey data for 200304 projected forward into the future to estimate the extent of eligibility for each pensioner household on the survey.

Pensioners

Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in the East Riding of Yorkshire were entitled to pension credit in the most recent month for which figures are available.

Stephen Timms: The information requested is not available.
	The latest available estimates of the number of pensioners entitled to the main income-related benefits relate to financial year 200203 and predate the introduction of pension credit. They are available on a national basis only, as estimates cannot be reliably disaggregated into lower geographies. Estimates for minimum income guaranteethe predecessor to pension creditcan be found in the DWP report entitled Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up in 2002/2003. Copies of the publication are available in the Library.
	Estimates for pension credit will be published on 19 December 2005; this publication will include the first six months of pension credit. Estimates for the full year 200405 are expected to be published in May 2006.

Pensioners

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Tamworth constituency were entitled to an income-related benefit in each year since 1997; and what proportion of pensioners claimed this benefit in each year since 1997.

Stephen Timms: The information requested is not available.
	Estimates of the number of pensioners entitled to the main income-related benefits are available on a national basis only. These can be found in the DWP report series: Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up; copies of which are held in the Library.
	The following table contains the number of pensioners in receipt of pension credit introduced in October 2005.
	
		Pension credit recipients in the parliamentary constituency of Tamworth
		
			  Number of recipients 
		
		
			 October 2003 2,600 
			 October 2004 3,800 
			 June 2005 3,900 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest hundred therefore totals may not sum.
	2. Pension credit (PC) replaced minimum income guarantee (MIG) on 6 October 2003. Existing MIG recipients were automatically converted onto pension credit on that date (assuming they still met the eligibility criteria)
	3. Data from the Generalised Matching Service (GMS) 100 per cent. scans taken on 17 October 2003, 15 October 2004 and 10 June 2005. All figures have been rated up to give month-end estimates.
	4. These figures are early estimates. Operational processing times mean that a number of claim commencements and terminations are not reflected in the figures. The final figures incorporated within the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) will take account of such cases.
	5. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.
	Source:
	Information Directorate 100 per cent. data

Pensions

Anne Moffat: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many female pensioners in East Lothian are in receipt of the full basic state pension.

Stephen Timms: The number of female pensioners in the East Lothian parliamentary constituency who are in receipt of a full basic state pension as at 31 March 2005 is 6,000.
	Notes:
	1. Data is taken from five per cent. extract of Pension Service computer system, therefore figures are subject to a degree of sampling variation. They are also adjusted to be consistent with the overall caseload from the Work and Pension Longitudinal Study.
	2. The figure for the number of recipients is rounded to the nearest hundred.
	3. A full basic state pension (79.60 in 200405) is paid to those who fully satisfy the contribution conditions either in their own right or where applicable, on the basis of their late or former spouse's contributions.
	4. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant Office for National Statistics postcode directory.
	Source:
	DWP Information Directorate five per cent sample.

Pensions

Jim Sheridan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many female pensioners in Paisley and Renfrewshire, North are in receipt of the full basic state pension.

Stephen Timms: The number of female pensioners in the Paisley and Renfrewshire, North parliamentary constituency who are in receipt of a full basic state pension as at 31 March 2005 is 5,200.
	Notes: 1. Data is taken from five per cent. extract of Pension Service computer system, therefore figures are subject to a degree of sampling variation. They are also adjusted to be consistent with the overall caseload from the Work and Pension Longitudinal Study.
	2. The figure for the number of recipients is rounded to the nearest hundred.
	3. A full basic state pension (79.60 in 200405) is paid to those who fully satisfy the contribution conditions either in their own right or where applicable, on the basis of their late or former spouse's contributions.
	4. Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant Office for National Statistics postcode directory.
	Source:
	DWP Information Directorate five per cent. sample.

Pensions

Stephen Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the minimum income guarantee was for pensioners in each of the five years before it was replaced; and what the value of the pension credit has been in each year since its inception.

Stephen Timms: The information is in the tables.
	
		1998 to 2003 Income support/minimum income guarantee 
		
			  Single Couple 
			  6074 years 7579 years 80 years and over 6074 years 7579 years 80 years and over 
		
		
			 April   
			 1998 70.45 72.70 77.55 109.35 112.55 117.90 
			 1999 75.00 77.30 82.25 116.60 119.85 125.30 
			 2000 78.45 80.85 86.05 121.95 125.35 131.05 
			 2001 92.15 92.15 92.15 140.55 140.55 140.55 
			 2002 98.15 98.15 98.15 149.80 149.80 149.80 
			 2003 102.10 102.10 102.10 155.80 155.80 155.80 
		
	
	Note:
	From April 2001 the rates were levelled up (to the previous over 80/disabled level) and income support for people over 60 became 'MIG'.
	
		Pension creditguarantee credit 
		
			  Single Couple 
		
		
			 October 2003 102.10 155.80 
			 April 2004 105.45 160.95 
			 April 2005 109.45 167.05 
		
	
	Note:
	Pension credit was introduced from October 2003.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what training is provided to ambulance personnel on identifying injury caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Liam Byrne: Ambulance emergency medical technician and paramedic qualifying training includes recognition and treatment of poisoning, including reference to carbon monoxide. It is also covered by the clinical practice guidelines for use in United Kingdom ambulance services, produced by the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee.

Departmental Legislation

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by her Department from May 1997 up to and including April 2005, broken down by Act.

Jane Kennedy: holding answer 11 November 2005
	For criminal offences created by legislation sponsored by the Department in the 200203 and 200304 sessions I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 9 February 2005, Official Report, column 161415W to the hon. Member for Winchester (Mr. Oaten). The following are criminal offences created in other legislation sponsored by the Department in the period specified.
	The Health Act 1999
	Section 39evading charges payable under the new section 122C of the NHS Act 1977 or securing the inappropriate remission, reduction or repayment of any charges due under the Act
	Schedule 3, paragraph 6
	Regulation of Healthcare and Associated Professionals etcthe power to make Orders in relation to the regulation of Healthcare and Associated Professionals may not be exercised to create a criminal offence, except an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding the amount specified as level 5 on the standard scale.
	The Food Standards Act 1999
	Section 11(7)improperly disclosing a trade secret by an authorised person entering premises to carry out observations
	Section 11(8)Intentionally obstructing an authorised person exercising powers of entry, taking samples or inspecting and copying records
	Failing without reasonable excuse to provide such assistance as the authorised person may request
	Intentionally or recklessly providing false or misleading information
	Section 14improperly disclosing a trade secret by an authorised person who has entered premises for the purposes of monitoring enforcement action.
	Section 16intentionally obstructing an authorised individual from entering relevant premises, or from taking samples, or from inspecting and copying records
	Failing without reasonable excuse to meet a reasonable request for information, records or assistance
	Intentionally or recklessly providing false or misleading information.
	Care Standards Act 2000
	Section 11(1)Carrying on, managing or establishing an agency without registration under the Care Standards Act
	Section 24Failing to comply with conditions
	Section 25Contravening regulations1
	Section 26Falsely describing establishments and agencies
	Section 27Making false statements in applications
	Section 28Failing to display certificate of registration
	Section 31Offences relating to inspections by persons authorised by registration authority
	Section 52Contravening regulations1
	Section 61Misuse of the title social worker etc
	Section 75Obstructing the work of the Children's Commissioner for Wales
	Section 79Amendment of Children Act 19891
	Section 89knowingly applying for, offering to do, accepting or doing any work in a care position when included on the list of adults deemed unsuitable to work with vulnerable adults
	Schedule 3, paragraph 5
	Offences in relation to child-minding and day care for young children
	Health and Social Care Act 2001
	Section 60Power to make regulations relating to control of patient information1
	Section 63Extension of prescribing rights, amending section 67 of the Medicines Act 1968, inserting an offence of prescribing, directing or administering a medicinal product in contravention of a condition imposed by an order under section 58 of the Medicines Act 1968.
	Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001
	Section 1placing in a woman a human embryo which has been created otherwise than by fertilisation
	Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
	Section 2Prohibiting tobacco advertising;
	Section 3Advertising: Newspapers, periodicals etc;
	Section 8Displays
	Section 9Prohibition of free distributions
	Section 10Prohibition of sponsorship
	Section 11Brandsharing1
	Section 15Obstruction etc of officers
	Adoption and Children Act 2002
	Section 9a power to provide for an offence in regulations1
	Section 15obstructing inspections, etc
	Section 30offences in relation to removal of children who are or may be placed by adoption agencies
	Section 31
	Section 33
	Section 34
	Section 35
	Section 36Restrictions on the removal of children in non-agency cases
	Section 41Breach of restrictions on removal
	Section 59Disclosure of information in relation to a person's adoption
	Section 83failing to comply with requirements in adoptions with a foreign element
	Section 85
	Section 93breaching restrictions under section 92 (restrictions on arranging adoptions, etc)
	Section 94breaching restrictions on who may prepare a report re adoption
	Section 95making or receiving certain payments
	Section 124Breaching restrictions on advertising in relation to adoption (section 123)
	Section 129Inappropriate disclosure of information on the Adoption and Children Act Register
	Section 132Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, new section 29A, breaching of various enactments of the Adoption and Children Act 2002
	Section 133Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 section 50A, breaching requirements on bringing a child into the United Kingdom.
	1 Represent provision entitling the making of regulations which may create offences.
	Note
	Offences created in subordinate legislation have not been listed.

NHS Hospital Trusts (Public Consultation)

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she issues to NHS hospital trusts concerning the nature and duration of public consultation exercises related to proposals to reconfigure services.

Liam Byrne: The Department has issued:
	Strengthening Accountability: Involving Patients and the PublicPolicy Guidance Section 11 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (February 2003) and Overview and Scrutiny of HealthGuidance (July 2003).
	These advise that it is good practice for consultation to follow Cabinet Office guidelines, which state that full consultation should last for a minimum of 12 weeks. Both documents are available on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk/publications.

Primary Care Trusts

Janet Dean: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the reorganisation of primary care trusts on the commissioning of specialist services, with particular reference to renal services;
	(2)  steps are planned following the reorganisation of primary care trusts to ensure that services which may be under-prioritised by commissioners are effectively provided, with particular reference to renal services.

Liam Byrne: A review into commissioning arrangements for specialised services has been set up and asked to report in spring 2006. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, will consider the review group's recommendations at that point. A key objective of the review is to assess the potential impact of national health service system reform on specialised services, including renal services, so as to ensure that proposals keep specialised services commissioning in step with wider NHS reforms and generate consistent arrangements across the country.

Social Services (Young Adults)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many younger adult clients per 10,000 younger adults were seen by social services in (a) Inner London local authorities, (b) Outer London local authorities, (c) English metropolitan authorities outside London, (d) Wigan Metropolitan borough council area, (e) Salford city council area, (f) Knowsley metropolitan borough council area, (g) South Tyneside council area, (h) Leeds city council area and (i) Wolverhampton city council area in 200405.

Liam Byrne: The following table shows the number of adults aged 18 to 64 who were assessed and/or reviewed per 10,000 population by councils with social services responsibilities (CSSRs) in 200304 for the areas requested.
	
		Number of adults aged 1864 who were assessed and/or reviewed per 10,000 population by councils in 200304
		
			 Councils with social services responsibilities Number of new clients who have been assessed(26) by councils per 10,000 population Existing clients who have been reviewed(27) by councils per 10,000 population 
		
		
			 Inner London   
			 Camden 45 55 
			 Greenwich 68 67 
			 Hackney 11 (28) 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 75 76 
			 Islington 38 33 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 125 244 
			 Lambeth 15 100 
			 Lewisham 132 114 
			 Southwark 148 146 
			 Tower Hamlets 46 111 
			 Wandsworth 33 54 
			 Westminster 65 110 
			 City of London 95 281 
			
			 Outer London   
			 Barking and Dagenham 68 137 
			 Barnet 41 26 
			 Bexley 165 205 
			 Brent 184 116 
			 Bromley 115 122 
			 Croydon 36 125 
			 Ealing 32 30 
			 Enfield 32 76 
			 Haringey 34 78 
			 Harrow 38 38 
			 Havering 13 112 
			 Hillingdon 8 49 
			 Hounslow 64 87 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 91 152 
			 Merton 45 60 
			 Newham 6 105 
			 Redbridge 51 88 
			 Richmond upon Thames 39 77 
			 Sutton 22 55 
			 Waltham Forest 83 67 
			
			 Metropolitan districts   
			 Barnsley 84 203 
			 Birmingham 60 85 
			 Bolton 95 142 
			 Bradford 48 103 
			 Bury 46 46 
			 Calderdale 25 34 
			 Coventry 63 56 
			 Doncaster 52 36 
			 Dudley 46 83 
			 Gateshead 86 78 
			 Kirklees 58 153 
			 Liverpool 39 83 
			 Manchester 43 86 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 79 80 
			 North Tyneside 66 151 
			 Oldham 94 96 
			 Rochdale 22 103 
			 Rotherham 46 79 
			 Sandwell 43 82 
			 Sefton 41 66 
			 Sheffield 95 39 
			 Solihull 31 80 
			 St. Helens 56 137 
			 Stockport 44 36 
			 Sunderland 39 162 
			 Tameside 160 277 
			 Trafford 71 81 
			 Wakefield 28 87 
			 Walsall 18 50 
			 Wirral 51 94 
			 Wigan 40 60 
			 Salford 47 60 
			 Knowsley 40 (28) 
			 South Tyneside 81 249 
			 Leeds 36 50 
			 Wolverhampton 39 60 
		
	
	(26) An assessment is defined as the first assessment for a new client. All subsequent assessments which include a reassessment will be defined as a review.
	(27) A review is an examination of the client's needs for an existing client and must include a (formal) reassessment, irrespective of whether it was a scheduled or unscheduled review.
	(28) Data not available.
	Source:
	RAP proforma Al

Crime Clear-up Rates

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) burglaries, (b) vehicle thefts, (c) assaults, (d) violence against the person offences and (e) violent crimes have been reported to (i) East Belfast District Command Unit and (ii) Castlereagh District Command Unit in each year since 1998; how many reports led to (A) prosecution and (B) conviction; and what this figure is as a percentage of the total.

Shaun Woodward: The information requested in relation to the number of offences reported to East Belfast and Castlereagh DCU's in each year since 1998 is contained in the following tables. Data relating to prosecutions and convictions for these type of offences is currently only available in the period 2000 to 2003 (2000 and 2003 being the earliest and most recent dates for which this information is available). Prosecutions and convictions cannot be linked to offences reported, therefore it is not possible to provide a meaningful percentage of one against the other.
	
		East Belfast District Command Unit
		
			  Burglary Theft/unauthorised taking of motor vehicle Assaults Offences against the person Total violent crime 
		
		
			 199899 1,214 418 704 834 1,017 
			 19992000 1,099 538 789 960 1,155 
			 200001 963 587 780 913 1,093 
			 200102 1,026 611 826 952 1,201 
			 200203 1,174 640 1,010 1,317 1,609 
			 200304 913 267 1,058 1,269 1,504 
			 200405 748 213 923 1,168 1,344 
		
	
	
		Castlereagh District Command Unit
		
			  Burglary Theft/unauthorised taking of motor vehicle Assaults Offences against the person Total violent crime 
		
		
			 199899 485 306 299 353 441 
			 19992000 446 379 345 392 457 
			 200001 499 325 330 374 459 
			 200102 634 454 468 534 645 
			 200203 648 284 447 536 677 
			 200304 578 182 462 545 648 
			 200405 313 143 433 521 591 
		
	
	
		East Belfast DCU
		
			  Burglary Vehicle Theft Assault 
			  Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions 
		
		
			 2000 66 57 3 3 52 34 
			 2001 42 33 1 1 67 57 
			 2002 39 31 0 0 47 35 
			 2003 44 40 0 0 54 41 
		
	
	
		
			  Violence against the Person Violent Crime 
			  Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions 
		
		
			 2000 92 68 116 88 
			 2001 81 69 100 86 
			 2002 86 69 109 85 
			 2003 116 97 136 115 
		
	
	
		Castlereagh DCU
		
			  Burglary Vehicle Theft Assault 
			  Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions 
		
		
			 2000 10 10 0 0 39 28 
			 2001 14 12 0 0 29 23 
			 2002 24 20 0 0 32 24 
			 2003 11 11 0 0 29 18 
		
	
	
		
			  Violence against the Person Violent Crime 
			  Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions 
		
		
			 2000 55 44 62 50 
			 2001 45 38 54 45 
			 2002 43 35 48 39 
			 2003 48 37 54 42 
		
	
	Note:
	Prosecutions and convictions data is based on the police district command unit in which an offender's address falls.

Parole

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of those eligible for parole (a) were granted parole and (b) broke the conditions of parole in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998.

Shaun Woodward: The term 'parole' in Northern Ireland is taken to refer to home and resettlement leave.
	2,931 periods of home and resettlement leave were granted from prison establishments throughout the 200405 financial year. Of that number, four failed to return and all currently remain at large.
	It is not possible to provide information on the number of prisoners who broke the conditions of home and resettlement leave, other than those unlawfully at large, as this data is kept on individual prisoner files and is not centrally collated. This is also applicable for preceding years. Numbers granted parole in previous years were similarly not centrally collated.
	Securing the information requested for the preceding years could be achieved only at a disproportionate cost.

Sexual Offences and Robberies

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) sexual offences and (b) robberies have been reported to (i) East Belfast District Command Unit and (ii) Castlereagh District Command Unit in each year since 1998; how many reports led to (A) prosecution and (B) conviction; and what this figure is as a percentage of the total.

Shaun Woodward: The following tables show the number of sexual offences and robberies reported to East Belfast and Castlereagh DCU's in each year since 1998 together with the number of prosecutions and convictions relating to sexual offences and robberies in the period 2000 to 2003 (2000 being the earliest date and 2003 the most recent date for which this information is available). As prosecutions and convictions data cannot be linked to offences reported data, it is not possible to provide one as a meaningful percentage of the other.
	
		Table 1: Number sexual offences and robberies reported
		
			  East Belfast sexual offences East Belfast robberies Castlereagh sexual offences Castlereagh robberies 
		
		
			 199899 85 98 54 34 
			 19992000 71 124 26 39 
			 200001 48 132 35 50 
			 200102 69 180 51 60 
			 200203 51 241 43 98 
			 200304 68 167 32 71 
			 200405 104 72 27 43 
			 Total 496 1014 268 395 
		
	
	
		Table 2: Number of persons prosecuted and convicted for sexual offences and robbery
		
			 East Belfast DCU 
			  Sexual Offences Robbery 
			  Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions 
		
		
			 2000 9 5 15 15 
			 2001 7 6 12 11 
			 2002 9 2 14 14 
			 2003 5 3 15 15 
			 Total 30 16 56 55 
			  
			 Castlereagh DCU 
			  Sexual Offences Robbery 
			  Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions 
			 2000 5 4 2 2 
			 2001 5 4 4 3 
			 2002 2 2 3 2 
			 2003 3 2 3 3 
			 Total 15 12 12 10 
		
	
	The data in table 2 is based on the police district command unit in which an offender's address falls.